Building record 1312400000 - NOBLE'S FARMHOUSE, SAUNDERTON

Summary

Medieval timber-framed cruck-built farmhouse at Noble's Farm, rebuilt in about 1980.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125657: NOBLE'S FARMHOUSE (DBC5136)

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Type and Period (3)

  • FARMHOUSE (15th Century to Modern - 1400 AD? to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) CRUCK HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD? to 1499 AD?)

Description

Grade II. House. Rebuilt c. 1980 incorporating 2 medieval cruck trusses. Flint with brick dressings, tiled roof, brick chimneys to right and between left bays. One storey and attic, 3 bays. Left bay is set slightly back. C20 barred wooden casements: ground floor has 2-light windows flanking 3-light, and single light in line with chimney, all with segmental heads and ornamental tiles and squared stones to tympana; upper storey has skylight in line with chimney, and 2 paired windows in tile-hung gabled eaves-line dormers. Entry in C20 extensions to rear. Interior has 2 cruck trusses, both with blades terminating above the collar, the right truss taller than the left (B1).
2 cruck trusses with elbowed blades, truncated above collar, passing the collar but with no upper structure. Source: R.W. Evans, Buckinghamshire CC (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3985 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1986. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKS; WYCOMBE: PARISHES OF FAWLEY &C. p93.
  • <2>SBC23395 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2004 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Cruck Database.

Location

Grid reference SU 81921 96827 (point)
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2009 11:17AM

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